Stars
Alone in the night
On a dark hill
With pines around me
Spicy and still,
And a heaven full of stars
Over my head,
White and topaz
And misty red;
Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
That aeons
Cannot vex or tire;
Up the dome of heaven
Like a great hill,
I watch them marching
Stately and still,
And I know that I
Am honored to be
Witness
Of so much majesty.
—Sara Teasdale
This poem is offered in honor of our Tweetspeak annual theme: Awe & Wonder
“Stars” is in the public domain. Photo by Joshua Woroniecki, Creative Commons, via Unsplash.
And I know that I
Am honored to be
Witness
Of so much majesty
"Up the dome of heaven
Like a great hill"